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Exactly. Even with loot spawning turned off you can find them everywhere.

Interesting. Why would I use a soda can stove over a cooking pot or posing a stick over a fire?? Related, a stick uses no inventory space and a cooking pot combo actually generates 2 extra slots.

I could be wrong, but I thought the plan was to have firearms spawn with AND without ammo/mags/clips.

I find that the fireball is rather excessive as well. However, it's an acceptable workaround to address the problem of not being able to triangulate sound properly at the moment. General awareness levels in-game are far below real life awareness by leaps and bounds (especially 1PP) so having that extra bit of flash isn't a huge problem, IMO. Hopefully during latter stages of beta they'll review this balance. Or maybe after the new sound module is implemented.

Post infection? Huh? Spawning in buildings wouldn't make it harder to locate your position. It doesn't take long at all to realize where you are, if you've been playing for any decent amount of time.

Not sure. If you were choosing multiple hives, then no. If you were experiencing reset issues, then yes.

Each type of server has its own benefits/restrictions. That is your call. The server select screen should indicate public or private.

Surprisingly, I've been going to the local walmart lately as they've had the freshest produce department in town recently. What kind of weapons are you looking for? ICBMs? No idea. Walmart has been out of stock on those for some time. Good luck.

The best hiding spot is on your second account/bank alt. Immune to persistence issues. Army ranger handbook be damned! They don't discuss persistence OR infected anywhere.

It's called rubberbanding. Be aware that you cannot carry over your toon from public servers to private servers. Also, private servers to private servers of a different hive. It is a known issue that if you rejoin a restarted server too soon, it may reset your character. Check the feedback tracker for issues and/or file any bugs you may find! Good luck.

Oh. So you assumed that he was going to kill you yet had planned on giving him your AK74 at first contact. Makes sense. Also, chat text is very unnoticeable, especially during those first moments. Loot is plentiful right now. I dunno, maybe some people aren't that attached to loot. Either way, don't feel bad about it. :)

Perhaps he realized that he had an inventory bug just as he saw that zed attacking you. Perhaps again he wanted to re-log quick and then help you. Perhaps he experienced one of many possible bugs or maybe a connection issue. Did he combat log for sure? Were you attacking him before he logged? No! So not really combat logging to him. Maybe you murdered him because you made assumptions. Did you ever try to talk to him or did you let your firearm do the talking?

It might be possible that I have a problem. Me on the musty private hive.

You can get phat loot pretty much anywhere, nowadays.

I've found that some loot that spawns at various locations has changed since .57 stable was first released. Spawn rates as well. For example, I used to find MP5Ks and RAKs at cop shops all the time, now they seem to be really rare. Further, I'm pretty sure they can change spawns on the fly, with the new CLE. That all said, Tanks, Humvees, Military building front steps, and Deer Stands are good for weapons.

http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/154395-can-i-run-dayz-retail-post-here/ help thread

Well, I suppose you have to hope that players will join other hives once in a while and explore alternate trends/playstyles. More, how do you encourage emergent playstyles to create time sinks? Time sinks make or break a mmo. With .57, I've switched playstyles more from pvp orientated to hermit style because barrels are the new hype. Playing with barrels is a huge time sink. Okay, so despite the changelog, barrels are non-existent right now. Not that that really matters, I guess. Barrels have indirectly gotten me back into hunting.

Related to networking and communicating, I've posted in the design forum in an effort to stress the importance of having more information on the server list. http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/220552-new-user-interface-technology/page-5#entry2270906 This, imo, is close to the foundation of making the strongest communities. On the topic of KOSing, you seem to approach it as a bad thing. In fact, unpredictable murder in a game where there's a sandbox, players, and ways to kill other players, is actually the glue that holds it together and makes it interesting. I would posit that KOS is the element that gives birth to all the emergent playstyles that happen in DayZ. KOSing takes on additional roles and meanings, because dayz is a game about theft. KOSing in CoD, or Battlefield, or such is pretty hollow because the regearing process is easy. Killing players in dayz isn't really about murder out of boredom, but stealing the time investment your victim put into acquiring their gear. That time investment is why players kill out of fear, it's why combat is more intense, it's what makes everything more significant. At any rate, the key to forming desirable emergent playstyles starts before the character actually loads, with server selection, imo. This gives the player more control over what kind of game experience they are likely to encounter.

if it's on the musty server, then yes.

The animal spawn point in Nadezhdino is right behind the green/yellow house on the south side of town. Seems to be a mix of pigs and chickens, mostly. Sheep have spawned there for me a few times. I almost always see two animals there if the town hasn't been disturbed since the last animal respawn. I hope we can stack bones soon.

Today I was able to make a drill kit from the bark of several different pine trees and use it to start a fire. Right now, I'm trying to find a tree that doesn't produce bark. Also, bark from any tree will create a generic bark item.

Offline mode sounds really boring. I can see how single player could be useful to modders and people without internet access. I guess. I've always felt that one of the best parts of learning the game was learning it the hard way through player interaction. How effective will 'dayz with training wheels' be at preparing a player for the multiplayer setting? I'm guessing not very effective.

Congratulations on popping your DayZ murder cherry! :thumbsup:

So, I'm gonna need a translator for this one... From what I can make out it spells "TRPASLIK" I'm going to assume it's not english and that I'm probably way off. However, it is definitely something. This can be found near the map boundry, west of myshkino tents.

Make videos and file bug reports, obviously.